Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-08
Assaying done at Booth e. Webster's.

Ian SAaIuta~y DdhoCd o uiaISidi VIII
resign.
Sweet cider just received at T. V. Gar.
locks.
Wednesday night was the coolest ex-
perienced i'm this place this winter.
The greatest variety Of teas and tobac-
cos in the Hills at Cochran's.
Iron Hill is in statu quo, no change
has occurred during the week. The
stock is still quoted at $l.25, with more
offers than takers.
If you want a good partner set the
Farmers Daughter.
The dog poisoner is again extant. As
usual, the best strains are selected for
his victims, and the low grade cur is
permitted to disturb our peaceful
slumbers by baying the midnight moon
in undisturbed vehemence.
The season for the legal slaughter Of
deer closed with the year, and CONNER
cial deer slayers might escape future
trouble by oiling their guns, and stow
ing them away in the garnet during the
interval Of legal restriction.
Cochran's for groceries and hardware,
he cheapest house i'm the Hills, and the
best goods in the market.
New Years day was by no means a
pleasant on the streets, but the
inclemency Of the weather did not deter
the numerous callers from enjoying the
comforts incident to the day, which
were perhaps more fully enjoyed than
on any former occasion of this kind.
The Farmers Daughter is a cook
stove, the best stove made. 1t is sold at
y. Cochran's.
The county clerks office has been the
busiest place in the city during the
week. The accumulated business Of the
past month had reached enormou pro-
portions, and the new board Of county
commissioners experienced no picnic
during the first week of their reign.
For fresh Candy, genuine Havana
cigars. all kinds of pipes, go to Cochran's
where they sell cheap.
The marriage of Mark Thomas to
Miss Ada HoIlenbeck at the residence
Of the bride near the Eta mine has
been automatically reported in this
place. The CHRONICLE hopes that Joy,
nnmingled with a shade Of sorrow, and
ample prosperity may abide with them
continually.
The samples of wedding cake left
upon our table on Saturday last by that
young and superlatively happy benedict,
George Tarbell, was exceedingly tooth
some, and our appreciation Of its sur
passing merits could only have been
heightened by an increase in the quan-
,ity received.
A townsite company has been organ
lied at Minnesota. Three hundred
acres Of land has been purchased by the
company, which being located on the
oppose site of the river from the town,
1t is proposed to move the village across
the stream. The usual boom is, of
course, expected.
DIR. ID. w. Flick, accompanied by his
wife, arrived in this place on Thursday
Of last week. The doctor had been
aumnouaI hy ta1apbona rro,, Doc;H 90
attend upon David Rogers, who resides
nine miles west of this city, and who
was seriously afflicted with brain COM
p!ications. They returned to Rapid on
Tuesday.
Weddings have been unusually numer-
Gus in this place during the holiday
term, and yet there are a quite a num-.
Der of our young people left single, who
Madam Rumor assured us would en-
brace matrimony during this period.
We now conclude that Madam r. is not
the most reliable source from which to
draw prospective conjugal items.
Two telephone wires now connect
this city with Custer-the original line
strung by the company, and the old
Cheyenne and Black Hills telegraph
line which the company purchased.
For the accommodation of the travelling
public, as well as for their own v
fence, instruments have been placed in
the residences Of Gillette and REYNOLDS,
where good accommodations can be
procured.-Black Hills Herald.
The Grand Army Post Of Rapid scored
the highest social success, at their grand
ball given at the Hotel Harvey on the
night of Dec. 3lst ever experienced in
that persistently terminal city. TIL
Journal AYERS that on this occasion the
old year died in ablaze of glory, where
electric lights shone DER fair m
and brave men," The decorations were
grand and extensive, a part of which
consisted OF twelve pound mounted
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